Water distribution.



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(Applimion med on. 15. 1901.;

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UNITED Sterns ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH GOLES, OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO.

WATER DISTRIBUTION.

SIPEGEECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,079, datedApril 29, 1902.

Application filed October l5, 1901. Serial No. 78,726. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

- Be it known that I, JOSEPH GOLES, of Glenwood Spriugs, in the county of Garfield and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Distribution; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.- Y *Y This invention has for its object the provisionof simple and vhighly-efficient means for distributing water for'irrigating or other pu Vr-l poses along or near the bed of a running stream, andis espeeiallydesigned for use in isolated sections, as where it is difficult or impossible to obtain operative'power other than that derived from the current of the river or y stream.

The invention comprehends bringing Water under a head or pressure to a series of .pumps positively operated to effect therdistribution of the water, the pistons of the pumps being after each-positive operation returned to their starting-pointsindependentof the driving mechanism by the force Aor,

The invention will` be hereinafter fully setI forth, and particularly pointed ont in' the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective Withparts broken away. y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional'view through one of the pumps and the cam-(carrying shaft. Fig. 3 shows the upper end of one of the pumps with a portion of the actuating-cam indicated in section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a power-wheel, and 2 its shaft, so mounted thatl the wheel will be partly immersedV in the running stream to be revolved by the force of the current. A gear-wheel 3 on this shaft meshes with a gear-wheellon a counter-shaft 15 below and parallel with but considerably shorter than the main shaft 2. On this counter-shaft is a series rof ycam-.disks 6, each disk having on one face two c'amlflange's 7.

Beneath thecounter-shaftis a series of pumps 8, each pump comprising an upright i sition.

cylinder v9 and a single piston 10. On the rod of each piston is a grooved wheel12, the several wheels being positioned in such relation to the cam-disks that the cam-anges of the latter will bear thereon to force the pistons downwardly to the lower limit of movement,

whereupon the cam-(iange by which a piston was forced will free the wheel, and the piston will be freeto be moved to its upper po- Into the lower end of each pump-cylinder opens la T 13. In the laterals of each are two check-valves 14 and 15, and to that end of the T adjacent valve .14 isconneeted a supply-hose 16, while to the end of the lateral in which valve 15 is located is secured a discharge-pipe 17 for conveying water over a hill or to any desired point. In the ascent of the piston valve 14 will open, while in the descent suchvalve will be closed and valve 15 opened to allow the water drawn into the cylinder in the upward movement of the piston. to be forced into the discharge or distributing pipe.

18 designates a flume of suitable length located atthe side of the river or stream and from whichgit leads at a point some distance above the Vpumps and their 'operative parts. The flumeis :set on an incline throughout either its whole or a portion 'of its length,

vso that thevwaterzwill haveaconsiderable fall orhead atits closed or delivery end 19. lFrom this end of the flume leads the series of hose or pipes 16, which open into the receiv# ing-laterals-of the Ts of the pumps;A Any suitable means may be employed'for controlling the iiow of the water intothe flume, 'and thelattermay be readily positioned to obtain thedesired flow or head of watert'o be delivered to the pumps under sufficient pressure to force the pistons upward after being depressed by andwhen free of their actuat- IOO movements they are cach freed from one cam, and the force of the water entering the cy1 inders and their Ts from the flume will drive the pistons upward before they can be engaged by thesecond cam-flange of their respective disks. The back pressure in the discharge or distributing pipes serves to hold valve l5 seated in the upward movements of the pistons. As soon as the pistons reach the upward limits of movement they Will be again forced downward by engagement of the second cam-flange of their respective disks. In other words, each piston is forced downward twice in one revolution ofthe coun ter-shaft.

The advantages of my invention are apparent. It will be seen that I have provided simple and inexpensive means for securing the distribution of water for irrigation or other purposes in isolated localities and arid regions. In such places it is frequently difficult if not impossible to obtain feasible or practicable means for discharging water from a river or other stream; but by my invention it will be seen that with but very little eX- pense most effective means may be employed for distributing water. While I have both shown and described the essential features of a preferred form of construction, yet it is obvious that changes may be made without departing from the scope .or spirit of my invention.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with a power-shaft, of a counter-shaft operated thereby, a series of cams on such counter-shaft, a series of pumps having their piston-rods engaged by such cams, means for supplying,r water t the pumps under pressure, distributing-pipes leading from the several pumps, and check-valves in each pump, one on the inlet and the other on the outlet side of the pump-cylinder, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a power-shaft, of a counter-shaft operated thereby, a series of cams on such counter-shaft, a series of pumps having their piston-rods engaged by such cams, a fiume for supplying water to the pumps under pressure, distributing -pipes leading from the several pumps, and checkvalves in each pump, one on the inlet and the other on the outlet side of the pump-cylinder, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the shaft having a series of disks each disk having double cam-Hanges, of a series of pumps, a grooved Wheel on the piston-rod of each pump with which such cam-flanges are designed to engage to force the pistons in one direction, a fiume for supplying water under pressure, connections between the ilu me and the pumps, distributing-pipes leading from the several pumps, and two check-valves in each pump, one between the flume connection and the pump-cylinder and the other between the latter and the distributing-pipe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JOSEPH GOLES. Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MCGILL, FRANK S. MAGUIRE. 

